Nothing surpasses my performances with small bands, especially with Charlie Parker. A small band doesn't forestall creativity.

I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.

How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to be like Miles, and just haven't got the guts.

There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy.

The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.

Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.

I was blessed that I got married early and had a good wife. That sort of kept me straight. Probably I would have been like Charlie Parker, you know, involved in drugs or alcohol or something like that if I hadn't had this stability.